Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Merits of the Month of Ramaḍān
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حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، قال: حدثنا هشام بن الحكم، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن علة الصيام، قال: العلة في الصيام ليستوي به الغني والفقير وذلك أن الغني لم يكن ليجد مس الجوع فيرحم الفقير لأن الغني كلما أراد شيئاً قدر عليه فأراد الله عز وجل أن يسوي بين خلقة وأن يذيق الغني مس الجوع والألم ليحسن على الضعيف ويطعم الجائع.
Aḥmad b. Ziyād b. Jaʿfar al-Hamadānī narrated to us, saying that ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim narrated to him among others, from his father, from Muḥammad b. Abī ʿUmayr, saying that Hishām b. al-Ḥakam narrated to him among others, who said: “I asked Abā ʿAbd Allāh (as) about the reason for which fasting was ordained. He said: “The reason for fasting is to put the plutocrat and the pauper on equal grounds. That is because the plutocrat has not found himself touched by hunger, so he may have mercy upon the pauper, because the plutocrat can intend to do anything and he has the capability to do so. So, Allāh (azwj) intends to establish equality between the creatures, and that the plutocrat may get a taste of hunger and hardship in order to do good upon the weak ones, and feed the hungry.”
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